You can’t say American Pharoah had anything to do with it, but the North American foal crop has ticked up for the first time in 10 years. This is good news for racetracks, though any effect, albeit small right now, will not truly be felt until 2017 at the earliest.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Rock Fall, a leading contender for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, will stand at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., for the 2016 breeding season after completing his current campaign.
Grade 2 winner Senor Swinger will relocate to La Mancha Farm in Ocala, Fla. for the 2016 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $5,000.
Grade 1 winner and sire Eskendereya has been purchased by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association, and will stand in Japan for the 2016 breeding season.
Champion Soaring Softly, winner of the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, died Tuesday following a paddock accident at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky. She was 20.
Classic winner Empire Maker, the grandsire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will return to the United States to stand at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Grade 3 winner Micromanage will make his debut at stud in 2016 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y. for an advertised fee of $5,000.
Take Charge Brandi, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2014, has been retired from racing and will reside at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., until the decision is made to keep her to breed or offer her at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
I’m a Chatterbox is the first Grade 1 winner for Munnings, an obviously highly talented horse who never quite fulfilled his promise on the racetrack.
The pedigree, performance, and hype that follow a first-year stallion into the breeding shed mean little if he is unable to get mares in foal.
